Foot Provençal
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Hans van der Meer (b. 1955) is based in Amsterdam. He studied photography at MTS in The Hague, followed by a residency at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. He taught at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague until 2021.
Hans van der Meer is probably best known for his series on amateur football, Dutch Fields (1998) and European Fields (2006, published by Steidl/MACK). The Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest organised a (second) retrospective in 2022 under the title Minor Mysteries. It was accompanied by a book focusing on his early work made in Hungary.
Through photography, film and writing Van der Meer examines the world around him. For example, his images of amateur football are also an exploration of human nature within the landscape. In The Netherlands – Off the shelf (2012) he wryly observes the increasingly homogenous built environment of provincial Dutch towns. With Time to Change Van der Meer shows us the remarkable world of dairy farming. Counting on Nature, to be made public in 2025/2026, dealing with the Dutch ecosystem, can be seen as an overarching sequel to it.
Hans van der Meer is represented by Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen in Amsterdam as well as In Camera in Paris.
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